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Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish October 11, 2020

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October 11, 2020 Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish , Methuen ~ Lawrence 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Mission Statement Our Lady of Good

Counsel Parish Lawrence ~ Methuen

Our Lady of Good Counsel is a diverse multi-cultural parish serving the Catholic community of Methuen and Lawrence. We are committed

to building a community of faith intent upon God, in unity of mind and heart.

We are a family of believers, joined by our Baptism, and nurtured by the Eucharist.

As children of God, we endeavor to bring the love of Christ to all we meet. We are committed to be the Body of Christ, rooted in the tradition of the Catholic Church. Together we worship

and praise our God. Guided by prayer and the counsel of the Blessed Mother, we minister to the community through faith formation, fellow-ship, and service. With diligence, compassion, and love we endeavor to help others come to know and love Jesus. Empowered by grace, constant in our mission, we strive to be led by

the Holy Spirit.

Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish

22 Plymouth Street, Methuen, MA 01844 Phone: 978-686-3984 Fax: 978-686-8300 Email: [email protected]

Web: OLGCParish.com

Parish Staff: Very Rev. Christopher Casey, V.F. Pastor — Ext 25 [email protected] Rev. Mr. Steven J. Murphy Deacon—Ext 10 [email protected] Mrs. Karen Miller Business Manager — Ext 17 978-686-0728 [email protected] Mrs. Denise Mundry Parish Office—Ext 10 978-686-3984 [email protected] Lori McLaughlin Coordinator of Music Ministries 603-275-6486 Jimmy Massie Facilities 978-697-4701 [email protected] Religious Education Ph: 978-686-3984 Fax: 978-686-8300 Mr. Mark Friedrich Coordinator of Adult Faith Formation [email protected] Mr. Mark Houle Coordinator Grades K-8 [email protected] ALL WEEKEND MASSES WILL BE AT ST. THERESA CHURCH UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Prayer Shawl Ministry Our prayer shawl gatherings are the first Wednesday of the month at 1pm in Duperry Hall.

We welcome new folks at any time to join us in this beautiful, simple ministry. We thank all who have donated yarn or money with which to purchase new yarn. Remember: Blessed Shawls, Lapghans & Baby Blankets are available in the parish office. Thank you and God Bless! Questions? call the parish office.

Mass Schedule: Church & Chapel are handicapped accessible (elevator in Church, ramp at Chapel)

Sat. 4 pm at St. Theresa Church 22 Plymouth St., Methuen, MA

Sun. 8 am at St. Theresa Church

Sun. 10:30 am at St. Theresa Church

Daily Mass: 8 am Monday — Friday at St. Theresa Church View via live stream only

Reconciliation: By appointment only. Call Parish Office

Baptism: Second Sunday of the month. Previous arrangements necessary

Marriage: Arrangements must be made at least six months in advance

New Parishioners: Welcome! Please come to the Parish Office to meet us and to register

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PARISH OFFICE HOURS

Monday to Thursday 8 am to 3 pm

Friday 8am to noon

The Parish Office will be closed on Monday, October 12th in observance of

Columbus Day.

Mass will be celebrated at 8:00am via live stream only

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Dear Parishioners, The readings this week are a food-lover’s dream in that the first reading and the Gospel both center on grand banquets. In the Gospel Jesus tells us the Parable of the Marriage Feast. The host has prepared a delightful banquet saying “Look, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fat calves have been slaughtered, and everything is ready; come to the wedding banquet.” But the people are too busy and don’t want to come. The first reading is from Isaiah and might sound familiar to you because it is often heard at funerals. Once again a delightful banquet is prepared and we are invit-ed to a mountaintop retreat to partake with the words “On this mountain the Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear.” Of course both banquets are allegories for the eschatological banquet, or life in heaven. Even with Heaven in the balance, some refuse the invitation. But for those who say yes, the Eucharist itself becomes the foretaste of the eschatological banquet, a preview of Heaven. Many of us can say something like “we grew up poor, but we didn’t know it.” Usually this is because of how our par-ents and grandparents managed to pull together dinners out of thin air. “She could feed an army with a hambone” are the kind of things said about these people. My own Grandmother would say “There’s always enough” and throw anoth-er handful of rice in the pot to feed some extras that happened upon the house at dinner time. Our greatest holidays and celebrations are often enjoyed around a dinner table. Thanksgiving, Christmas Dinner, birthday cake, are words that elicit a mouth-watering response to anyone who grew up in a house that had someone with the courage to venture into the kitchen to produce. I am reminded of one of my sisters who has the tradition of letting her children pick out what-ever they want for their birthday dinner. Once my nephew surprised her by asking for Hamburger Helper, something she had never made at home. When she asked why he said he liked the commercial. I think she made him Shepherd’s Pie. I was fortunate to grow up in a house with excellent cooks. One of my favorite memories is when my mother would cook a roast of pork. Back in those days there was at least an inch of fat on a roast, and that was if you bought the low-fat one, and while it would cook away in the oven the smells would be intoxicating and no music ever sounded as sweet at the sound of fat exploding and sizzling in the oven. I would sit by the oven and listen to it. I grew up with a love for food, and if you told me I was poor I wouldn’t have believed you. I didn’t realize at the time that God was teaching me something about the eschatological banquet of Heaven, but when I hear Isaiah’s reading for this weekend I can still smell my Mom’s roast pork… and, you guessed it, I’m in heaven! The joy of sharing a meal is but a foretaste of the joy we will experience in Heaven. Jesus so wants us to understand this… that union with Him is the pathway to happiness and peace in this life and in the life to come. He established the Mass as the Perpetual Memorial of His Death and Resurrection, and entering into Communion with Him at Mass by receiving His Body and Blood is partaking in the greatest banquet of all. But still, many, though invited, do not come. God has invited you to the banquet of love that He has prepared for you. Be sure to accept the invitation, take your seat at the table, and savor the banquet of the Lord!

God Bless, Fr. Chris

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Saturday, October 10

4:00 pm Peter Moschetto, Jr. ~ Birthday Remembrance ~ Requested by his family

Sunday, October 11 ~ 28th Sunday In Ordinary Time 8:00 am Rev. Francis (Fritz) Cerullo, OSA ~ Requested by Ron and Annette Burba and family 10:30 am Joseph Maguire ~ 1st Anniversary All Living Members of the Parish

Monday, October 12 ~ Columbus Day 8:00 am

Tuesday, October 13 8:00 am Arthur Thibault ~ Requested by his family

Wednesday, October 14 8:00 am Dwight Huntley ~ Birthday Remembrance ~ Requested by his daughter Beth

Thursday, October 15 ~ Saint Teresa of Jesus 8:00 am Frank Judge ~ Requested by his wife

Friday, October 16 Saint Hedwig and Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque 8:00 am Jeanne Mower ~ 18th Anniversary ~ Requested by her friends Marjolaine Brisson ~ 7th Anniversary ~ Requested by her friends

Saturday, October 17 ~ Saint Ignatius of Antioch 4:00 pm Edmund Hirst ~ Anniversary ~ Requested by his family Deceased members of the Consoli and Laliberty Families ~ Requested by their families Marie Ines Moniz ~ Requested by Karen Kroeter Dennis McGuire ~ Requested by Karen Kroeter Shirley Iacozzi ~ Birthday Remembrance ~ Requested by her family Paul Poirier ~ Requested by Joe Defeo John Troy ~ Requested by Robert and Denise Mundry Rev. Francis (Fritz) Cerullo, OSA ~ OLGC Parish All Living Members of the Parish

Sunday, October 18 Twenty-Ninth Sunday In Ordinary Time 8:00 am Alan Anselmi ~ Birthday Remembrance ~ Requested by his family 10:30 am Henry and Elizabeth Roy ~ Requested by their family

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St. Vincent de Paul Society

In today’s Gospel we hear Jesus say: “Many are invited, but few are chosen.”

To give thanks for all that God has given to you, have you considered answering the call to help

serve the poor by joining the Society of St. Vincent de Paul?

Thank you for your generosity. Checks may be made payable to SVDP.

Marsha Sirignano, Ed Hayes, Nathan Scanlon, Tommy Keylock, Robbyn Culpon,

Claire Hanlon, Aiden Scanlon, Patrick and Sarah Scanlon, John

Dezan, Margaret “Peggy” Manning, Jose Luis Martinez Sanchez, Robert P. Nolan, Juliana Rosato, Rose Gaudreau, Allison Hawkes, Eugene Baldi, Walter Beynon, Joseph Howanski, Jeannette Demers, Michael Culpon,

Mary Jo Daigle, Ronald Begin, George Henderson, Andrew Champy, David Champy, David Adams,

Gary Stachulski, Douglas McKnight, William Luna, Aiden Sutliff, Ellen Villers, Judith Upham,

Benjamin Melo, Ron Simonian, Art Munger, Brad Waters, Mary Conway, Elisabeth Hooper, Matt Kinsley, Bishop Todd Brown, Diane Castiglione,

Fr. Paul Valley, SP, Noah Leary, Joseph Androwas, Cecile Townsend, Ray Boutselis, Ronald Mullen, Leeann Hanson, Elaine Labrecque, Sheila Hunt, Reina Rodriguez, Jennifer Prugnarola, Nicholas Norcia, Donna Myers, Anita & Dottie Watson,

Gary Dubois, Michael Donovan, Jaykub Parsons, Ava Gagnon, Tom McGuire, Judy Lacroix, Charlie Carrell, Mariana Rosato, Carrie McNiss, all those on our Parish prayer line, and all the residents at

Woodmill Nursing Home, Nevins Nursing Home, Mary-Immaculate Nursing Home, Berkeley

Nursing Home and Methuen Village.

Those who have died: Mary Privatera, Rita Lonardo, Albertine Mahoney, Thomas Walton,

Eleanor Caruso, Robert Boutin

If you have a friend or loved one that you would like us to pray for, please call the parish office and leave the name. If you would like a name put back

on the list, call the office. Thank You.

Prayer Requests for Priests

O Jesus, Eternal High Priest, live in (name a priest), act in him, speak in and through him. Think your thoughts in his mind, love through his heart. Give him your own dispositions and feelings. Teach, lead and guide him

always. Correct, enlighten and expand his thoughts and behavior. Possess his soul; take over his entire

personality and life.

October 10 Fr. James Gaudreau ~ October 11 Fr. Paul McPartland ~ October 12 Fr. James Rafferty ~ October

13 Msgr. Paul Ryan ~ October 14 Fr. Wallace Blackwood ~ October 15 Fr. William Joy ~ October 16 Fr. Lawrence

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Weekend of October 3/4, 2020

Total Offertory: $ 8,012.00 Maintenance: $ 173.00 Parish Truck Maintenance: $ 90.00 Grand Annual to Date: $ 18,418.00 Online Giving (Sept): $ 2,265.00

This week’s second collection will support the Holy Father’s “Peter’s Pence” collection that provides funds for emergency and disaster relief. This collection will also provide support to the Catholic University of America that educates priests

and lay people for ministry and for the inner City Parishes of the Archdiocese of Boston.

Your generosity and prayers will assist the Holy Father and

the various missionary efforts at home and abroad.

“We want to thank the many parishioners who have been faithful in dropping off their offertory envelopes

and Grand Annual donations to the parish office. Your faithfulness during these times when so many

are avoiding crowds and not yet ready to attend Mass is very much appreciated!

The best place to leave envelopes is by dropping them in the front door mail slot. This way they are

safe in the house and out of the elements. Again, thank you!”

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Week of October 11, 2020

11 SUN Is 25:6-10a/Phil 4:12-14, 19-20/Mt 22:1-14 or 22:1-10

12 Mon Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31—5:1/Lk 11:29-32

13 Tue Gal 5:1-6/Lk 11:37-41 14 Wed Gal 5:18-25/Lk 11:42-

46 15 Thu Eph 1:1-10/Lk 11:47-54 16 Fri Eph 1:11-14/Lk 12:1-7 17 Sat Eph 1:15-23/Lk 12:8-12 18 SUN Is 45:1, 4-6/1 Thes 1:1- 5b/Mt 22:15-21

A Note From Fr. Chris . . . “A word about Daily Mass. When we were able to return to Sunday Mass there was much joy and hope that we would be making progress in fully opening and returning to life as we know it and love it. The virus has stuck around though, and we still need to take precautions to avoid the spread. When we opened up for Sunday Mass I thought it wise to hold off still on Daily Mass. This is partly because of the cleaning and sanitizing requirements which require volunteers and supplies, but also if we have in-person Daily Mass for many that would mean being in a group setting six times a week instead of one. It seemed prudent to avoid that and to con-tinue to offer the Daily Mass from the parish via live-streaming only. As this pandemic drags on I have reviewed this position frequently. I still think the wisest course is to continue Daily Mass via live-streaming only at this time. I know some people disagree. I hope our situation will allow us to return to our regular schedule, but we are now seeing Methuen and Lawrence in the “Red Zone” with an increase in positive cases. At every Mass I pray for an end to the virus. What else can we do other than pray and take precautions. Please join me in praying and in taking care to re-main healthy and virus free. It has been a long haul, and I, like you I’m sure, long for this all to be behind us.” Thank you for your patience, and your prayers!”

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OLGC Website

Please continue to check out the OLGC website which is being updated regularly.

You can view the weekly bulletin and watch our live

stream Masses via our website

Weekday Masses (Monday to Friday) will air at 8:00am. Sunday Mass will air on Saturday (vigil) at 4:00pm

Sunday at 8:00am and 10:30am Weekday Masses are not open to the public at this time

Find us at www.olgcparish.com

"October" by Robert Frost, 1913

O hushed October morning mild, Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;

Tomorrow’s wind, if it be wild, Should waste them all.

The crows above the forest call; Tomorrow they may form and go. O hushed October morning mild, Begin the hours of this day slow.

Make the day seem to us less brief. Hearts not averse to being beguiled,

Beguile us in the way you know. Release one leaf at break of day;

At noon release another leaf; One from our trees, one far away. Retard the sun with gentle mist; Enchant the land with amethyst.

Slow, slow! For the grapes’ sake, if they were all,

Whose leaves already are burnt with frost, Whose clustered fruit must else be lost—

For the grapes’ sake along the wall.

Photo: "Autumn near Killington, Vermont," by Denis Tagney, Jr.

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WWe’re Having a Baby Shower

Our Parish Pro-Life Baby Shower, dedicat-ed to Mary, Mother of the Life Within,

Will be held on October 17 and 18, 2020.

Baby items needed: baby bottles, diapers, nightgowns, sleep & play, blankets, socks, baby

powder, etc. Please drop off baby items in the parish hall

that weekend before Mass.

OLGC Religious Education needs your car… Well, we need your car trunk!!!

Please volunteer to help out at our Trunk or Treat

at St. Theresa Church parking lot on Saturday, October 24th from 6pm to 7pm

Please Help Out! We are looking for 14 cars!

We would like your cars in the parking lot by 5pm.

If interested, please call the parish office at 978-686-3984 and leave your name and phone

number.

Thank you for your help. You will be in for a SCARILY GOOD TIME!

OLGC

Food Baskets

We are also putting together “food baskets” for needy families for the holidays. Below is a list of some of the items we will need to fill these

baskets:

Cans of Corn, Carrots, Green Beans Boxes of stuffing mix Bottles of vegetable oil Boxes of pasta Jars of pasta sauce Jars of peanut butter Jars of grape jelly Cans of soup Packages of gravy mix Boxes of cake and/or brownie mix Boxes of microwave Popcorn Cans of cranberry sauce Boxes of cereal Cans of tuna Jars of mayonnaise Boxes of crackers Donate what works for you... one can, one box,

one jar, one bottle. Can do more? We’ll take that too!

Items can be dropped off on the screened porch at the Parish Office. Clearly mark that the items

are for the OLGC food baskets.

Thank you for your generosity!

October 24th 6-7pm

OLGC Christmas Fair

The Christmas Fair Committee (a.k.a. Santa’s Little Elves) have been hard at work trying to make the OLGC Christmas Fair as NORMAL as possible. There

will be 5 raffles available this year. Further details/purchase information on that to come in future

bulletins.

One of the raffles is a Patriot’s Village and Train set which has been set up and is being displayed in the

parish office. Come to the porch to view this amazing collectors train set through the window. Also

on display will be baskets that will be available for your viewing pleasure as well.

Hopefully, our fair will bring some joy to what has

been a very “trying” time for all of us! Stay safe and make sure you come peek in our

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